Improvement in bottle-stoppers



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' BOTTLE-STOPPERS.

No. 194,204. PatenteciAug.14,1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Qt'nron.

GARL E. G. WINTER, OF PORT JERVIS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDJOHN G. PFUTZNEB, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-STOPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,204., dated August14, 1877; application filed July 9, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CARL E. G. WINTER. ofPort Jervis, in the county of Orange and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Bottle-Stopper, of which the following is aspecification Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a front elevation,in part section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to provide a bottlestopper that may beeasily applied to ordinary bottles, and that operates quickly and easilyin stopping and unstopping the bottle.

in the drawing, A is a metallic cap, having upon its upper surface theears I), and projecting from the center of its under surface the pin 0,provided with the beveled head. Upon this pin the rubber stopper isplaced, which consists of the disks 0 f, connected by the cylindricalsection g. The disk 0 fits closely in the neck of the bottle, and thediskfis of sufficient diameter to cap the mouth of the bottle. Betweenthe ears b acurved lever, h, having arms 1' k, is pivoted.

The arm 71 is perforated to receive the yokewire 1, and the arm k iscurved to conform to the stopper and to the mouth of the bottle. Theyoke-wire l is of an inverted-U shape, and its lower ends are bentinward toward the bottle-neck. In the neck-Wire m eyes are formed onopposite sides of the bottle to receive the ends of the yoke-wire l.

The lever h is so contrived that when the stopper is placed in the mouthof the bottle, and the lever is brought over in fastening the stopper,it. carries the yoke-Wire 1 past the pivot of the lever, thereby lockingthe stopper, and holding the arm k of the lever in contact with the sideof the stopper.

To release the stopper, it is only necessary to raise the longer arm ofthe lever until the yoke-wire passes the center of the pivot of thelever, when the stopper is thrown out by pressure from within thebottle.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The stopper composed of the disks of and connectingportion 9, substantially as shown and described.

CARL E. G. WINTER. Witnesses:

W. U. MeGoRMIoK, FRANK HADRIGK.

